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Patent GB-190305887-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in Apparatus for the Decoration and Protection of Articles of Earthenware, Glass and other Materials with Celluloid.
Inventor: DEISS EDOUARD ALPHONSE
Filed: 1903-03-13
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 5887. Deiss, E. A. March 13. Ornamenting glass, metal, pottery, &c. surfaces; woodwork, ornamental.- The decoration or protection of articles, such as vases, is effected by wholly or partially covering them with celluloid, applied either in solution or in the pasty or solid state, and then treating them, after the celluloid is dried, with the vapour of a liquid capable of dissolving or softening celluloid, such as the acetones or the acetate of amyl. Disc or lozenge-shaped pieces of celluloid, previously impregnated with acetone, may be applied to the articles so as to form, when treated with vapour, protuberances or runnings such as those shown in Figs. 8 and 16. The articles are preferably treated with vapour in a cylindrical vessel l<1>, Fig. 18, the neck of which is held by a rubber stopper m in the mouth of a heated vessel k containing the solvent. The articles A are supported on wire cloth n in a cage o, and superfluous vapours are condensed in a coil r. The articles are afterwards varnished with a mixture of white copal and spirits of turpentine. The residue in the vessel l<1> is used as a covering or glaze for vases. Bronze powder, aluminium powder, &c., alone or mixed with gold size or spirit varnish, may be applied to the uncovered portions. In some cases a priming of paste or size is applied to the uncovered portions, and gold, silver, or copper leaf is added.
Patent GB-190306524-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hot Coke Conveyors.
Inventor: GRAHAM MAURICE
Filed: 1903-03-20
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 6524. Graham, M. March 20. Conveyers.-Relates to hot-coke conveyers and is an improvement on those described in Specifications No. 24,659, A.D. 1899, No. 11,979, A.D. 1900, and Nos. 1560 and 4237, A.D. 1903, the first part consisting of means for clearing sediment &c. from the trough, and the second of an improved method of driving the conveyer. The lower run is enclosed in a trough b connected at intervals by passages with the upper conveyer trough. Hinged push plates e are mounted on both sides of the conveyer, and one set scrapes the sediment &c. along the upper trough to the passages, down which it runs to the lower trough, and is there carried away by the other push plates. In modifications, the sediment passages lead to an inclined lower trough, which may form part of the conveyer trough, or each passage may discharge to a separate sump, and the upper trough may also be inclined, as a whole, or in sections, so that in the first case one set of push plates, and in the second, both sets, are dispensed with. The driving-means comprises collars f, Fig. 1, at each joint, preferably at each end of the hinge pin and within the wheels g, and adapted to engage in recesses h in the sprocketwheels. Each section of the conveyer has side flanges k to prevent the coke from falling on to the wheels g and collars f, and may also have one or more transverse ribs.
Patent GB-190316823-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Facilitating the Passage of Liquids or Gaseous Fluids in Apparatus for Heating or Cooling.
Inventor: GROUVELLE JULES
Filed: 1903-07-31
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 16,823. Grouvelle, J., and Arquembourg, H., [trading as Soc. J. GrouveUe et H. Arquembourg]. July 31. Metal pipes and tubes.- In apparatus for heating or cooling air or water, condensing steam, heating the air in rooms, and similar purposes, the pipes, through which one fluid circulates, are formed in cross-section in the shape of a lance head, the angles between each pair of inclined faces being so chosen that, when the pipes are placed in position, the faces presented to the arriving current of a fluid are inclined at an angle of about 30‹, while the faces presented to the leaving current are at an angle of about 7‹. In a cooler or condenser applicable to an automobile vehicle, a serpentine pipe, in which the water or steam circulates, is arranged to present inclined faces to the current of air, as shown in Fig. 2. An air passage to a room may be fitted with similar pipes in which hot water or steam circulate.
Patent GB-190321615-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Looms for Weaving Straw Matting and like Fabrics in which Short Wefts are used
Inventor: HOLLINGWORTH EDWARD
Filed: 1903-10-08
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 21,615. Hollingworth, E., [Crompton & Knowles Loom Works]. Oct. 8. Shuttleless looms for weaving straw matting and similar fabrics in which short wefts are used. The wefts are fed by rollers 42, 43 from alternate sides of the loom through a longitudinal hole formed between the front and back portions of a comb 52. The roller 43 is carried by a pivoted lever 44, which is lowered when the lay is in its rearward position by means of a rod, lever, and cam. The roller 42 is driven by bevel gearing from a shaft 19, on which is a pulley 18 loosely connected by a belt 17 with a pulley 16 on a shaft 14. The shaft 14 is rotated in alternate directions by a toothed pinion and segment 12<1> on an angle-lever 12, which is vibrated by a rod 11 and crank 10 on the crankshaft 2. When the lay moves back, a dagger 25 at one side of the loom acts on a projection 24<1> from a rock-shaft 21, and forces a bowl 23 on an arm 22 fast on the shaft against the bolt 17, so that the belt is tightened and the shaft 19 driven. A belt brake controlled by a spring on the shaft 21 prevents the rotation of the shaft 19 when the belt 17 is slackened again. Daggers 25 are mounted so as to vibrate horizontally at both sides of the loom, and their rearwardly - extending arms 25<11> are connected by a rod 28, which is reciprocated by a lever 30 and grooved cam 31 on the cam shaft 3, so that the daggers act alternately on the projections from the rock-shafts 21 at opposite sides of the loom. The front part of the comb 52 is supported by brackets 56 from the hand-rail of the lay, and the upper edge of the back part is connected to the front part, while the lower edges of the two parts are normally held apart by spiral springs. When the lay moves back, the two parts of the comb are forced together by fingers on a rock-shaft, which has fast to it a downwardly-extending arm with its lower end bevelled to be acted upon by the upper bevelled end of a vertical rod. The weft is then passed through the longitudinal hole in the comb, and when the lay moves forward the two parts of the comb are separated and the weft drops into the shed. The end of a weft inserted from one side of the loom is stopped at the other end of the comb 52 by a stop-plate 50, which is moved up and down as required in a slot 51 in the comb by means of a rod, lever, and cam. When selvages are not formed at the edges of the fabric, and the fabric is for curtains &c., the edges of the fabric are trimmed by a shearing-device, which cuts off the ends of straw as the lay moves forward. One blade of the shears is fixed to the lay, and the other is pivoted upon the fixed blade and is connected to a rod of which the other end slides in a fixed bracket. As the lay moves forward, a collar on the sliding rod is stopped by the bracket and the pivoted blade is forced down upon the fixed blade. As the lay moves back, the blades are opened by a spring acting on the sliding rod.
Patent GB-190322671-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Radiators Heated with Gas, or Oil Stoves.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1903-10-20
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 22,671. Thompson, W. P., [Duplex Radiator Co.]. Oct. 20. Oil and gas stoves; heat-radiators.- Radiators heated by gas or oil are constructed in sections, which can be readily assembled and taken apart. Thus, the sides 7 and ends 8 of the supporting-base 5, shown in Figs. 3 and 4, are cast separately and are connected together by bolts 9 passing through lugs 10, 11; the holes in these lugs are elongated to allow for unequal expansion. The legs may also be cast separately or in one with the sides 7 or ends 8. When cast separately, they are seated on flanges and held in position by the bolts 9. The tubes 20, Fig 1, containing baffles 28 are fitted over plain nipples 23 on a lower tube-plate 16, and are held in position by an upper tube-plate 21, which is connected with the plate 16 by long bolts 22. The lower tube-plate rests on flanges 15 in the top of the base 5 and is provided on one side with curved lugs 17. These pass through slots in lugs 14 on the sides 7 and form hinges on which the tubes can be tilted bodily to give access to the burners. A spring catch 18 holds the plate 16 in a closed position. To prevent the floor from being scorched, the base 5 is traversed by baffles 28<a>, 30, forming between them a chamber 33 in which the cold air, entering through perforations 31, is heated before passing to the burners through perforations in the baffle 28<a>. For lighting, small apertures 38, with lugs 39 on which the match is struck, are formed in the ends of the base 5. A conical plug 36, Fig. 3, holds the outer end of the burner pipe 29 in position.
Patent GB-190322970-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Compounds of Nitro Cellulose and Similar Substances.
Inventor: BACHRACH DAVID
Filed: 1903-10-23
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 22,970. Bachrach, D. Oct. 23. Celluloid and like compositions.-Non-inflammable or slow-burning celluloids and the like, such as those described in Specification No. 2339, A.D. 1901, are formed by uniting 4 parts of pyroxylin with 2 parts of camphor in a suitable solvent, and adding 2 parts of finelypulverized calcium or other chloride, and 1 part of sulphuric acid. To this mixture is added 4 parts of finely-calcined plaster or calcium sulphate, and the whole is subjected to hydraulic pressure and heat. The process differs from that described in the prior Specification by generating hydrochloric acid in the mass and absorbing it, instead of adding the free acid and neutralizing. The hydrochloric acid may be added and absorbed. Turpentine "hydrochlorate" may be used instead of camphor, no other chloride being then necessary. To crystallize the calcium sulphate formed, the mass, either divided or whole, may be soaked in water for a short time ; the water may contain ammonia to neutralize excess of acid.
Patent GB-190405542-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Milking Appliances.
Inventor: WALLACE ROBERT
Filed: 1904-03-07
Granted: 1905-03-02
Abstract: 5542. Wallace, R. March 7. Cow-milkers.-Each teat cup is provided with pulsating-apparatus and the suction inside the cup is continuous, the .pulsating action taking place within the walls of the cup. The cup B, which is made of rubber and provided with a metal outer casing A, has a horizontal groove b round the inner side communicating with vertical grooves b<1> in the outer side. Into the lower end of the cup fits a hollow metal vessel C into which the milk tube c opens. In the side of the vessel C is a channel c<3> communicating by the orifice C<1> with the groove b, and below it is a plate with three ports g, g<1>, and g<2> against which the three-port slide valve works. When the valve is in the position shown, the vessel C communicates by the tube c<1>, the ports g, g<1> in the plate, and the port d in the valve with the passage e<2>, which communicates by the passage c<3> with the groove b, and by the passage e<3> with one end e<1> of the cylinder E. The other end of the cylinder communicates with the air by the passages e<1> e, the port g<2> in the plate, and the port d<3> in the valve. The piston E<3> is connected to the slide valve by the link F, and the valve is connected by springs f, Fig. 3, with fixed pieces f<3>. When the parts are in the position shown, the pressure of the air drives the piston E<3> towards the end E<1> of the cylinder E, and the valve is driven in the other direction by the link F and springs f. The end E' of the cylinder and the grooves b<1> are then put in communication with the air by the ports g<1>, d, while the end E<2> of the cylinder is put in communication with the inside of the cup by the ports g<2>, d, and g. The piston E<3> is then driven back again and the series of operations repeated, thus causing a pulsating action in the walls of the cup B. The tube c' is covered by a hood G to prevent the milk from reaching the valve and cylinder.
Patent GB-190406757-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fireproof Curtains and similar Drop Scenes Screens or Shutters for Theatres Music Halls and like Places.
Inventor: MALLIN JOHN
Filed: 1904-03-21
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 6757. Mallin, J., [trading as Mallin & Co., J.]. March 21. Theatres.-Fireproof curtains, scenes, screens, or shutters for theatres, music-halls, &c. are made of slabs of uralite or similar material, joined together edge to edge, and arranged in two or more layers f, g, h breaking joint as shown in Fig. 3. A metal or like framework, suitably stayed and braced, may be used and the edges are sometimes rabbeted. The Provisional Specification also states that the lowering-apparatus comprises a friction brake, which supports the curtain and can be thrown out of action by a single motion.
Patent GB-190407265-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Locks & Latches for Doors & Gates
Inventor: WOOD GEORGE DYER
Filed: 1904-03-26
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 7265. Wood, G. D., and Warden, E. H. March 26. Latches; locks, key.-A weighted latch actuated by means of a thumbpiece or Norfolk handle is used in connection with any ordinary lock. When used in exposed positions, a wooden case is fitted thus forming a combined stock lock and Norfolk thumb-latch. The latch, as shown in Fig. 1, is weighted at c, andis rounded at the end, to prevent injury to passers by. The striking-plate is shown in Fig. 4. The lock may be turned over for use on right or left handed doors, and by dispensing with the case may be used as either a mortice or a rim lock.
Patent GB-190407568-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Kettles.
Inventor: BERNARD HENRY
Filed: 1904-03-30
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 7568. Bernard, H. March 30. Kettles; lids.-To avoid the necessity of removing the lid d of a kettle for filling-purposes, an outwardly-projecting filling- mouthpiece e is secured either in the main cover d or in the side or top of the kettle. The cover f of the filling - aperture serves as a shield for the hand holding the kettle, while the mouthpiece e serves as a handle for the lid d.
Patent GB-190409752-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Glass Grinding and Bevelling Machines.
Inventor: GOEHRING CHARLES LOUIS
Filed: 1904-04-28
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 9752. Goehring, C. L., and Troche, W. May 28, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Bevelling and surfacing glass. The glass plate to be ground or bevelled is pressed up against the support or bed H by the clamp L<1>, L<2>, and the grinding-roller B acts on the face of the glass which is pressed against the bed, thus avoiding the need of special adjustments for glass of varying thickness. The bed H is pivoted to blocks which can be raised or lowered on the standards G by means of screws I actuated by bevel gearing. The bed H can be adjusted on its pivots h by a screw K. The standards G are carried by a table E<1> which can be adjusted transversely on the table E by a screw. The table E, supporting the whole carriage, runs on fixed tracks a parallel to the plane of the bevel, being connected by a rod N to an eccentric N<1> on the shaft O. A quick-return motion may be given to the carriage by operating the handle P', connected by a rock-shaft P to clutches on the shaft O. The clutches engage with one or other of two wheels O<1> which run loose on the shaft 0 at different speeds. The glass is positioned by the swinging bar T operated by the rod T<2>. This bar also acts as a deflector for preventing the flow of water beneath the glass when both the bed and grinder work in a water bath S fixed to the table E'. The glass is clamped by a compound clamp L', L<2> carried by a rack L adjusted by a pinion l<1> and worm gearing in connection with the hand-wheel l<5>. The part L' of the clamp is pivoted at L<3> to the rack L, and the part L<2> is pivoted to the part L<1> in a direction at right-angles to the pivot L<3>. The weight of the clamp may be counterbalanced by a weighted lever M<2>. The grinding-roller B may be reciprocated axially by a crank and lever.
Patent GB-190410597-A (GB)
Title: Improved Photographic Printing Frame.
Inventor: BATTY JOHN
Filed: 1904-05-09
Granted: 1905-03-16
Abstract: 10,597. Batty, J. May 9. Printing.-A printing-frame has the back fixed to the frame by a wire or wires to prevent movement of the paper during examination. The wire W, which preferably passes through the hinges, is fixed to the back of the frame B, and is attached to the frame F so that it can turn about the pivots W. To insert the negative and paper, the back B is removed and swung about the pivots W<1>. To examine prints, one half of the back is opened and the other half is kept from slipping by the wire W. The back is pressed in place by the springs S in the usual way. In a modification, the back is made in two separate parts, each being attached to the frame by a wire similar to the wire W. The wire W may be made in two parts if desired.
Patent GB-190411704-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for Manufacturing Nuts.
Inventor: PETERS ERNST
Filed: 1904-05-21
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 11,704. Peters, E. May 21. Forging ; shearing.-In a machine for continuously forging nuts, the bar is fed in by rollers 1, Fig. 2, and lengths are cut off by a tool 2 on the sliding ram 31 of the machine. The bar is countersunk by a rod 13, Fig. 9, before being cut off and a rod 3, working inside the tool 2 and driven by a separate cam, pushes the blank into a recess 4 on the revolving table 6 of the machine. The table then carries the blank to a punch and thence to a tool 16, Fig. 13, which presses the blank into a hexagonal die below the table, a bolt 12, actuated by a cam-operated lever, raising the nut again to the table, which then carries it to finishing-dies which chamfer the nut and true the hole. Rods 18 operated by a cam on the driving- shaft project through the dies and hold the nut centrally in position. The table 6 is driven by a worm with straight portions to keep the table still' during the action of the tools.
Patent GB-190412715-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Firing Mechanism of Ordnance.
Filed: 1904-06-04
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 12,715. Armstrong, Whitworth, & Co., Sir W. G., and Murray, S. M. June 4. Ordnance breech mechaism.-The lock-frame a slides vertically or horizontally to uncover the vent and is provided with cam-surfaces a<2>, which eject the fired tube c, and a slope e<1> for pushing home the succeeding tube. Until the lock-frame begins its closing motion, the charged tube is retained in the vent by a catch e. The striker f is manually cocked by drawing the cap f<1> rearwards and engaging the trigger g, which is pivoted to the striker stem, with the ssoulders f<2> on the cap. For this purpose, the main spring g<1> is in initial torsion and, when compressed against the trigger, tends to rotate the latter into the cocked position. In a modification. a trigger with a spring toe-piece is pivoted to one side of the lock so that the toepiece engages a lug on the cap f the action being on the slip-lock principle.
Patent GB-190420366-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Projectiles
Inventor: EMERY ALBERT HAMILTON
Filed: 1904-09-21
Granted: 1905-03-23
Abstract: 20,366. Emery, A. R. Sept. 21. Projectiles, ordnance.-These are constructed with flattened front ends in order to bring the explosive charge close up to the target. The charge is divided into columns by transverse diaphragms 2, Fig. 1. Radial longitudinal partitions 4, Fig. 2, which may be held in recesses of the projectile wall and the central column 5, are provided in order to compel the charge to rotate with the projectile. The driving- band 6 is formed with a lip 6<a> at its base which is expanded by hydraulic pressure into a recess in the base of the projectile to prevent the band from being blown off when the projectile leaves the gun. A thin lip 6<b> is formed at the rear edge of the driving-band to aid in rifling and to prevent gases from passing the projectile. The projections 6<c> of the driving-band are pointed at their forward ends to ensure their entry into the rifling grooves.
Patent GB-190425610-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Wireless Telegraphy.
Inventor: HOWORTH FRANKLIN WISE
Filed: 1904-11-24
Granted: 1905-04-20
Abstract: 25,610. Howorth, F. W., [Squier, G. O.]. Nov. 24. Telegraphs.-Trees are used in place of aÙrials in the receiving and transmitting systems used in wireless telegraphy. The leaves of the tree serve to increase the capacity of the system, and the roots make a suitable " earth.' Fig. 1 shows a receiving-system, the coherer M being connected to a nail N in the tree and to the ground at G. In the transmitting-system, shown in Fig. 4, capacities C, inductances I, a spark gap S, and an induction coil I C are arranged as shown. The aÙrial wire W may be placed at varying distances from the trunk of the tree so as to vary the capacity of the system.
Patent GB-190426517-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Spring Balance Scales.
Inventor: OZIAS ALBERT NEWTON
Filed: 1904-12-06
Granted: 1905-03-09
Abstract: 26,517. Ozias, A. N. Dec. 6. Spring balances.-The tension of the elastic rod H, which is rigidly connected at its ends to the main helical springs, is altered with the temperature by the difference of its expansion and that of the compensating-rods K. This alteration of tension can be made to counteract the effect of the change of elasticity of this rod H and of the springs. On suspending a load from the hook E, the rod H bends slightly, but the rods K, owing to their thickness and to having slight play in the connector F, remain unbent.
Patent GB-190427331-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Throttle Valves for Steam Engines.
Inventor: BUTTERFIELD JOSEPH BOOTH
Filed: 1904-12-15
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 27,331. Butterfield, J. B. Dec. 15. Plug cocks ; rotary cylindrical valves.-The construction of a throttle valve for steam engines, or for air, gas, or hydraulic engines, is shown in Fig. 1. A hollow cylindrical or conical plug l is mounted in the casing r, with small bearing-surface w, x in contact with the cover h and the bottom a of the casing. Ports are formed in the casing r to register with ports in the valve t, the ports in either being vertical, inclined, or curved. The casing may be flanged, as at e, or internally screwed, as at f, and from these parts the casing increases in size to the barrel. The spindle is packed by means of a stuffing-box i which is fitted with a flanged gland o pressed down by a screwed cap p.
Patent GB-190504467-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Non-refillable Bottles.
Inventor: EVANOVITCH GUSSER
Filed: 1905-03-03
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 4467. Evanovitch, G. March 3. Bottles, non - refillable.-A corkcovered plug a is pushed tightly into the bottle neck, and is formed to provide a seat for a valve d, which has a hollow stem e loaded d with mercury, shot, &c. The mercury &c. holds the valve to its seat until the bottle is almost completely inverted. A guard h may be provided to prevent tampering with the valve, and, for greater security, the plug a may be provided with a second valve, placed below, and preferably similar to, the one described.